UPDATED INFORMATION FOR CHAPTER 61:
VOLUNTARY SECTOR LEGAL HANDBOOK
This page contains information that has appeared on Sandy Adirondack's legal update website for voluntary organisations at www.sandy-a.co.uk/legal.htm. For current updates, including potential changes that are in the pipeline, see the legal update website.
These websites for each chapter update
the 2nd edition of The Voluntary Sector Legal Handbook by Sandy Adirondack and James Sinclair Taylor (Directory of Social Change, 2001). The websites are not intended as a comprehensive update and should not be treated as such.
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Chapter 61
DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND LITIGATION
NATIONAL MEDIATION HELPLINE
Added 6/8/06. This information updates s.61.2.1 in The Voluntary Sector Legal Handbook 2nd edition.
The National Mediation Helpline, run by the Department for Constitutional Affairs and the Civil Mediation Council, can help individuals and organisations use mediation as an alternative to going to court. The helpline does not cover family or community/neighbour disputes and does not cover Scotland, but can put enquirers in touch with other relevant bodies.
The National Mediation Helpline can be reached via www.nationalmediationhelpline.com or on 0845 60 30 809.
THE COMPACT
Updated 17/9/03. This information adds to s.61.2.1 in The Voluntary Sector Legal Handbook 2nd edition.
NCVO's Compact advocacy project provides a list of all government undertakings from the Compact and related codes of practice, and can help organisations use the Compact to resolve disputes with government departments and agencies. Details are at www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/compactadvocacy.
The Centre for Dispute Resolution announced on 19 March 2003 that it is operating, on behalf of the Home Office Active Community Unit, a mediation scheme to resolve conflicts between voluntary organisations and government departments, their executive offices, and government offices for the regions. The scheme covers only conflicts where one party feels that the Compact on government/voluntary sector relationships has been infringed. Details are available from CEDR Solve on 020-7536 6060 or at www.cedrsolve.com/index.php?location=/services/schemes/compact.htm.
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